when buying stereo equipment i seldom buy new. Therefor its either Demo stuff or privatly used stuff.. But what is to prefer? The demo things are used less i believe, but when they are used in the shop they are pushed to the limits.. Hifi people often treat equipment like their own babies, but you never know what is done to it. many like to open it up and snoop around, maybe modify something.. spooky stuff like taking off the plastic of pieces inside..i dont know.. What do you prefer?

I tend to have to buy USED only because, like stated above, by the time I CAN afford it, It`s been discontinued at LEAST 2-3 years! I DID buy a pair of Cerwin Vega AT-15 speakers back in 1992 as a DEMO pair from Silo, BUT I WONDER how many times they WERE PUSHED to their limit BEFORE I bought them? My TV (WHICH I still use to this day) WAS ALSO a DEMO, at Fretter, I got it in Summer 1992, WHO KNOWS HOW long it was on BEFORE I got it? SINCE then, I buy used, I`ve had an 80% success rate, with used, ONLY got burned 3 times buying used. HOWEVER, with TODAYS stereo gear, You`re BETTER OFF buying used than NEW! UNLESS you`re buying a TOP OF THE LINE piece!